NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday July 25 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF   A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond.   Your weekday morning look  (with links)  at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on […]

  LONGTIME SKIPPER TONY LA RUSSA TURNS OUT TO BE HALL OF FAMER BOTH ON AND OFF THE DIAMOND Devotes time in retirement to rescuing pets that enrich the lives of senior citizens, shut-ins and abused children PEOPLE YOU THINK YOU DISLIKE MAY SOMETIMES SURPRISE YOU   By David Maril   It’s funny how your […]

  VICTORIAN-ERA BRITISH OPERETTA IS A WINNER IN SUMMER OF 2014 Joseph Papp’s ‘modernized’ version   By Eddie Applefeld   Over the many years I have been attending shows at Toby’s Dinner Theatre, either in Columbia or the one at the Travel Plaza when it was open, I have never experienced a bad production. There […]

  NEED-TO-KNOW NEWS — For Friday July 18 [Scroll down for full week’s compendia]   WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TODAY — IN BRIEF   A Voice of Baltimore compendium, local and beyond.   Your weekday morning look  (with links)  at late-breaking news, current events, and what will be talked about wherever you may go on […]

  MALE AND FEMALE VOCALISTS CHOSEN FROM FIELD OF SEVENTEEN FINALISTS   Winning male and female vocalists were named “Voice of Baltimore 2014” Monday night from among 17 finalists in the 13th annual competition at Padonia Ale House, a popular sports-themed nightclub in Timonium. Amanda Sauer was the female winner, and a singer billed as […]